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Your Turn: Stewart campaign employing 'deceptive attacks'

Oct. 25, 2006

We are writing in response to the negative campaign being conducted by Jimmy Stewart. Mr. Stewart's characterization of City Council's vote on the voluntary American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees payroll deduction is inaccurate and inappropriate. To call AFSCME a special interest insults city workers by insinuating they have some private agenda, when they work for the public good by keeping our streets, water, sewers, vehicles and other important city services running.

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Guest Commentary: Voters, remember to bring identification to the polls

Oct. 24, 2006

In the general election on November 7, you'll be asked to help decide who will be Ohio's next governor, Supreme Court justices, treasurer, auditor and a number of other vital positions within our great state.

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'Big Brother' eyes prescriptions

Oct. 24, 2006

Local law enforcement officers and pharmacists hope to crack down on prescription drug abusers with the help of a computer database recently implemented by the State Board of Pharmacy to track the sale of all controlled substances.

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Editorial: Quid pro votes

Oct. 24, 2006

Teachers, like many adults who are in contact with children, can have a big effect on their students. Pop culture references this in movies like The Dead Poets Society and television shows like Boston Public. Programs like Teach for America encourage college students to make a difference in underperforming schools. And many of us can think of at least one teacher with fond remembrance. But while the good teacher should be celebrated and thanked for his or her service, many other factors contribute to a student's performance in the classroom and on today's ubiquitous standardized tests ' which is one of many reasons why President Bush's grants for teachers whose students' test scores rise is a mishandling of funds.

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Cultures converge at international Halloween party

Oct. 24, 2006

Tonight, Ohio University international students and American students will share the most memorable moment of Halloween holidays: pumpkin carving.

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Critic scrutinizes Lake Snowden plans

Oct. 24, 2006

Athens County Commissioner Bill Theisen expressed concerns at a meeting yesterday about plans from a private developer seeking to commercialize part of Athens County's Lake Snowden area, which is run by Hocking College.

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Ex-professor sues university over firing

Oct. 24, 2006

A professor implicated for advising engineering students accused of plagiarizing their theses filed a defamation suit against Ohio University yesterday.

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Activist to turn campus 'Pink': Feminist protester will speak to students about Iraq war

Oct. 24, 2006

Traveling, protesting and getting arrested are all in a day's work for political activist Medea Benjamin.

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Editorial: Deadly decisions

Oct. 24, 2006

Yesterday morning in a correctional facility in Lucasville, a man convicted of murdering a family of five was put to death by lethal injection.

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Column: Trick or treat? Sports offer quite a bit of both

Oct. 24, 2006

When a big holiday is approaching, I usually like to write a holiday-themed column to help in the celebration ' although I doubt anyone is going to need help this weekend. So, without further ado, I present to you some of the tricks and treats of the last two months in sports:

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The Wright Decision

Oct. 24, 2006

The biggest question mark for the Ohio soccer team entering the 2006 season was the goalkeeper position. With only one returning player who had seen any action in goal, the 'Cats brought in a trio of freshman keepers to try and turn that question into a statement.

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Commentary: 'Quiet hours' turn out to be a loud myth

Oct. 24, 2006

I've noticed that college students, especially girls, love to be loud. They love to talk, laugh, sing and blast music. I am a girl. I like to do all of the above as well.

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Forum discussion focuses on race

Oct. 24, 2006

David M. Hendricks Jr. / For The Post / dh100006@ohio.edu

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Column: Secularists ignore truths of human nature

Oct. 24, 2006

Is God for cavemen?

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New student center offers permit parking at a price

Oct. 24, 2006

With the opening of the new student center, a new parking garage will accommodate students and faculty with temporary and permanent parking options.

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Former airport employee pleads guilty to theft

Oct. 24, 2006

A former Ohio University airport employee pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of theft in office as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid two other felony charges. Tom Stellwag, who resigned from his position at the OU Gordon K. Bush Airport in March, faces up to 18 months in jail and a $5,000 fine. As part of the plea deal, he also agreed to repay OU $6,049 for the items stolen. He will be sentenced Dec. 18.

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Restaurants react to newcomers

Oct. 23, 2006

The Winter Quarter opening of Ohio University's new Baker University Center has Uptown businesses worried that a restaurant there could provide some spicy competition.

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Editorial: The public voice speaks

Oct. 23, 2006

Yesterday's Town Hall Meeting with President Roderick McDavis, members of his cabinet and other university officials was billed as a natural outgrowth of the need for communication between the administration and the students, staff and faculty.

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Town Hall topics turn toward shared governance

Oct. 23, 2006

A Town Hall meeting yesterday was an opportunity for Ohio University students, faculty and staff to voice opinions and concerns about the university, OU President Roderick McDavis said. However, some attendees found the meeting to be unsatisfactory.

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Democrats overlooking some facts in auditor race

Oct. 23, 2006

I see the local Democratic Party is up to its old tricks again G? blaming the county auditor for a delay in property tax bills. They seem to believe that schools, townships, villages, Children's Services and the Health Department receive property tax revenue and hoard it for investment purposes, thus earning lots of interest money in the process. This time, however, they actually invented a figure.This sounded so familiar and then I realized I had an opponent several years ago, who made a similar charge. This opponent said I cost the county several thousands of dollars in lost interest because we were late one time!What Susan Gwinn does not say in her news release is that the tax collection process involved both the county auditor and the county treasurer's offices. She very conveniently left out the county treasurer's offices. The county treasurer, working with the county auditor, actually sets the tax collection deadline, after the tax commissioner approves the request from the county treasurer.This bogus charge against Jill Thompson is right out of the Democratic Party playbook. It did not work then and it is not working now.Jill Thompson has continued to upgrade the county's computer system. As one local newspaper endorsement stated recently (Athens News, Oct. 12), We also appreciate her attention to customer service